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Is there a way that you can setup a guest to have network access to the outside world, but the outside world doesn't see the computer?

Basically I have the host as part of network X, and network X can see the internet. I am wondering if there is a way to have the guest see the internet, but not have computers on network X see the guest.

That is how things work with the default setting (NAT).

Then maybe there is something different about our network. Because all of our VM's are NAT'd. However the network servers that send automatic software pushes to our main computers can also push to our NAT'd VM's. To me that means that machines on the main network can see the NAT'd VM's.

If thats not the case, how would these network servers be able to push updates to the vm's?

I'm trying to setup VMs that will not get these automated pushes.

I believe Bill is talking about VBox NAT. Then the guests will not be in your LAN.

stuthemonkey wrote:If thats not the case, how would these network servers be able to push updates to the vm's?

If the VMs are the ones initiating the connection, and the server is pusing over an existing link, then there is no problem.
If you push to the VMs by connecting to a port opened on a VM, it wouldn't work.